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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A white powder incident at a consulate in Manhattan, a water main break in Brooklyn and a residential burglary at 250th St in Queens.
The comedy stylings of Sarah Palin at a NRA conference: "We're portrayed as violent or racist, as rednecks. Personally, I'm not ashamed of the redneck part." Hey, Jeff Foxworthy wants that one back!
Even Connecticut has false alarms: An empty box shut down a small airport.
Barbara Walters' heart surgery went "very well."
The boy who survived the Libyan plane crash is going home; Ghadafi's son visited him in the hospital before he left.
A man posing as a cabbie was arrested in Queens. Even his car was painted yellow (as expected).
Should political parties be eliminated from city elections?
Rihanna may be copying Justin Bieber's style, so the LesbiansWhoLookLikeRihannaWhenSheLooksLikeJustinBieber may be on the way.
Facebook managed to get Betty White on SNL, so maybe it can free Poster Boy.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on May 14, 2010 6:20 PM

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Karen

The heck with Posterboy, I'm hoping that Facebook can save Law and Order!

jaycjay

While it was used that way in the 1920s (for coal miners wearing red, not farmers), it had already been in use for decades before, back into the 1800s, to refer to country people and farmers.